My personal FF favorite top threes:
Top 3 Games:
Final Fantasy 4 (to me this is the TRUE and only final fantasy)
Final Fantasy 9 (The last game without guns with real style)
Final Fantasy 7 (Its the reason I bought a PS1 after watching the "reset" commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru9zzFEdGWk) I still think its an epic commercial lol.
Top 3 Protagonists:
Cecil (FF4) A true knight.
Zidane (FF9) He's a happy-go duel'wieldn thief - what else needs to be said?
Red XIII (FF7) Well to begin with...he has 4 legs, a tail...and can talk.
Top 3 Villians:
Golbez (FF4) he just WOULDN'T die!
Kefka (FF6) Unpredictable madness.
Sephiroth (FF7) A damaged, psychotic one winged angel
Top 3 Disliked Games:
FF13 (Its like playing a bad 90's music video...then re-imagined as kpop...I just...no)
FF12 (I actually enjoyed the gameplay BUT I HATED Vaan, story had zero depth and lacked of any character development.)
FF Dissidia Series (I honestly believe they butchered the characters personalities in this series)
That said I have zero desire to play any of the new FF coming up and if they ever remade FF7...well without the original team I'm afraid it would be something very different from what we are grew up with and loved.
So if they ever go back to their roots of swords, towering castles and simply airships...let me know.